Button



July 9, 1929. c, AUER 1,719,904

BUTTON Filed Jan. 21, 1929 INVENTOR Patented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

oonn'an saves, on rirrsnutaen, rnivnsvtvsnm, ASSIGNOR or THIRTY PER .TOJOHN G. IJOELFEL; or rrrrsisunerr, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUTTON.

Application filed January 21, 1929. semi no. 333,763.

My invention relates to buttons, and more particularly to decorative l'acings for buttons or various standard types, and to means forfastening" such racings in place.

One objector my invention resides in the provision. of means wherebyfacings can be readily applied to buttons which are in place, withoutremoving said buttons, or destroying their connection to a garment.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide means for securely butdetachably connecting facings to buttons.

Still another object of my invention is to provide fastening devices forbuttons, button facings, etc., or generally improved and simplifiedform.

Some of the various means by which my invention may be practised areshown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a face Viewshowing my invention applied to a button; Fig. 2 is a verticalsectionalview of the structure of 1; Fig. 3 is a view showing a modification ofthe racing of Figs. 1 and 2; 4 is an edge view of the facing clip orlooking rod of Fig. 2; 5 is an end view thereof ,Fig. 6 is a frontviewthereof Fig. 7 shows a modification or the clip of Fig. 4;; Figs.8,9 and 10 show various ways in which the penetrating end or the shankof the clip maybe ribbed or roughened to prevent accidental withdrawalthereer; Fig. 11 shows a rear view of the locking disc of Fig. 2 Fig. 12is a view, taken on the .line XII-XII of Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is a rear viewshowing a modification of the armament Figzll; Fig. 14 is a view takenon the line XIV-XIVof Fig.13; Fig. 15 is a sectional I i ribs havingflattened shoulders are provided,

view of a modification of the fastening and clamping disc of Fi 2; andFig. 16 is a rear elevational view of the structure of Fig. 15.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a portion of a garment is represented by thenumeral 17, a button 18 of any. usual type is secured to the garment bysewing in the usual manner, such button being of the type wherein theholes extend completely through the button, as

dicated at 19.

Theprimary purpose of the invention is to rovide smooth or decorativeracines to the button 18, for the pur ose of concealing the thread andthe holes w ich are ordinarily ex posed to. View. Theytacing isrepresented by the numeral 20 and shown as having a flange 21 that is ofpolygonal form. The facing 20 is fastened to the button 18 by means of aclip 22 that is of the form shown in Figs.

a, 5 and 6. The clip 22 is bent at its mid portion and may be ofspring-like wire, so that the leg portions or shank portions thereof canbe spread apart or brought closer together to permit them to the button.i i

The facing 20 is provided with an annular groove as indicated at 23, forthe reception of the edge or a locking disc 24 which may be 01' sheetmetal and of the form shown in Fig. 11. Cork 125 or similar material maybe placed within the facing 20. The died 24: is provided with a numberof slits 25, the edges which deline the slits being bent inwardly andrough ened or toothed as indicated at 26.

It will be seen that by placing thefacing 20 against the button 18 andtilting the button slightly to one side, the clip 22 may be insertedthrough the holes of the button and will be guidedby the roundedsurfaces 27 into the slits in thedisc 24. The teeth 26 will prevent thefacing sliding on the surface of the button 18, and the dork or otherfiller will also assist in preventing displacement of the. facing 20relative to the buaanin directions' parallel to the plane of the button.

Displacement of the racin diametrically or outwardly froin the buttonwill be prevented both reason of the yieldable grippingforce of the corkuponthe clip, and also by biting engagement of the ribs formed byslitting the disc 24-. If desirechthe holding effect can be made more1Jositive by employing a clip such as 22 (Fig. .8) with spurs struck upfrom the surface thereof, or by a clip such as 22 (Fig. 9) whereinannular or as shown by 22 (Fig. 10) wherein annular curved ribs arefermeden the shank of the clip. The last-mentioned form will permit ofmore ready removal of the cap, thus facilitating the chan from one styleof faeing't another. i i

i There is co-operative relation between the pass through two holes 19of thus holding the'parts very rigidly assembled.

In Fig. 3, the fastening 20 is shown of much smaller diameter than thebutton 18, being employed primarily to conceal the thread and the holeswhereby the button is secured to the cloth.

The mid portion of the bend of the clip 22 is flattened slightly asindicated at 28, so that it will not present so great an obstruction tothe button hole (not shown) of the garment. Again, the clip instead ofhaving its inner portion bent outwardly as shown in Figs.2, 4 and 5, mayhave such portion lying having holes 33 drilled therethrough. Thecorrugations'serve to guide the points of the clip to the slits throughwhich they may be :pressed and to the holes 33 which are close enough sothat the shank portions ofthe clip will enter them. In this arrangementas in thecase of the disc 25, the edges of the strips formed by slittingthe locking disc will exert a gripping action upon the shank portions ofthe elipeven though such shank portions be smoothasin Fig. 4.

In Figs; 15 and 16, I show an arrangement wherein the locking iseffected by means of a series of vertically-extending Wires 34 andhorizontally-extending wires '35 which are arranged in mesh-like form,the wires 34 being spaeedslightly apart to permit entry of the clipshanks. The wires function as a locking disc andare held in assembledrelation with respect to one another and with respect to the facing 20,by means of a clamping ring 36 which is held in place by bending backthe inner edge of the facing 20 or the wires may be welded to the ring36.

The'rear or exposed surfaces of the wires are rounded so that the endsof the clips will readily pass between them and the inner sides of theWires 35 are flattened so that the corners of the flattened portion willtend to exert a gripping action upon the shank of the fastening toprevent withdrawal there- ..of. The wires 34 have bends formed thereinat intervals to serve as seats for the wires 35. .In inserting a clip,the wires 34, and par- 1 ticularly thewires 35, will be spread slightly,

the tendency being to force the wires 35 out of their seats in the bendsreferred to. Upon ,attempted withdrawal of the clip, the force thusexerted will tend to pull the wires 35 snugly to their seats in thebends and thereby cause themto exert a gripping action upon the shank ofthe clip.

In all of the forms of fastening above described, the clips may beinserted through the button and through the locking disc at variousangles, and this is an important feature of my invention because in manycases, the button of a garment cannot be turned at a sufficiently greatangle relative to the plane of the garment to permit the insertion ofthe clip in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the button.

If desired, the device may be employed in connection with a button whichhas not been previously sewed to a garment by simply placing the buttonat the desired location on the garment and forcing the shanks of theclip through the cloth, through the holes .in the button, through thelocking disc, and into the cap. Various forms of the locking devicesabove referred to will have ample holding strength to securely maintainthe button and the facing in position on the garment.

The invention could also be employed in the fastening of what I havetermed the facing, directly to the garment, in that the button 18 couldbe dispensed with and the clip forced through the garment into thefacing structure, the facing in that case functioning in itself as abutton.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a button facing of afastening clip adapted to engage a supporting member, and a locking discsecured to the facing and having alongated slots formed therein topermit passage of a portion of the clip and whose walls grip the same.

2. The combination with a button facing of a fastener thereforcomprising a clip having a head portion adapted to lie against the rearside of a button, a shank portion extending through ahole in the button,and means carried by the facing for grippingthe said shank portion.

3. The combination with a button facing of a fastener thereforcomprising a clip having a head portion adapted to lie against the rearside of a button, a pair of shanks extending from said head portion andadapted to pass through holes in the button, and means carried by thefacing for gripping said shank portions.

4. The combination with a facing, of means for fastening it to a button,comprising a clip having a head portion adapted to engage the rear sideof a button and a shank portion adapted to extend through a hole in thebutton, a locking disc carried by the facing, and strip-like grippingmembers carried by said disc in position to engage the said shank.

5. The combination with a facing of means for fastening it to a button,comprising a clip having a head portion adapted to engage the rear sideof a button and a shank portion adapted to extend through a holein thebutton, a locking disc carried by the facing, striplike gripping memberscarried b said disc in position to engage the said shan and means forpreventing movement of the disc relative to the said shank in adirection longitudinal of said strips.

6. The combination With a facing, of means for fastening it to a button,comprising a clip having a head portion adapted to engage the rear sideof a button and a shank portion adapted to extend through a hole in thebut ton, a locking disc carried by the facing, a plurality of pairs ofclip gripping members in said disc, and means for guiding the shank ofthe clip into operative relation with one of said pairs of grippingmembers.

7. A fastening device comprising a clip adapted to engage a supportingmember, and a gripping device secured to a member and adapted to beconnected to the said supporting member, and means on said grippingdevice for gripping the said clip at either of a plurality of points inthe plane of said gripping device.

8. A fastening device comprising a clip adapted to engage a supportngmember, and a clamping disc adapted to be secured to a member to beconnected to the said supporting member, and clip gripping means on saiddisc extending to various points throughout the plane thereof.

9. The combination With a button facing and a supporting member thereforof a fastening device comprising a clip having a shank portion and ayieldable head portion, and a gripping member connected to the facingand having gripping engagement with the said shank portion, the saidhead portion being adapted to abut against the rear surface of the saidsupporting member.

10. The combination with a button socured to a garment, of a facingdisposed against the outer surface of said button, a headed clipextending from the inner surface of the button into the said facing, andmeans carried by the facing for gripping the shank of said clip.

11. The combination With a button secured to a garment, of a facingdisposed against the outer surface of said button, a headed clipextending from the inner surface of the button into the said facing, andmeans carried by the facing for grippin the shank of said clip, the saidclip having a yieldable head portion normally abutting against the rearside of the button.

12. The combination with a button facing of a fastener thereforcomprising a clip having a head portion adapted to lie against the rearside of a button, a shank portion extending through a hole in thebutton, means carried by the facing for gripping the said shank portion,the said facing being recessed intermediate its front surface and thefront side of the gripping IRGIIIlOE-I'S, and perforatable fillingmaterial confined Within said space in position to be penetrated by thesaid shank.

In testimony whereof I, the said CONRAD SAUER, have hereunto set myhand.

CONRAD SAUER.

